US to double emergency bird flu vaccines as more people, herds become infected
Federal officials plan to double the stockpile of emergency bird flu vaccines as they identify more people infected with the ...
Is bird flu spreading in people? Without blood test results, officials can't say.
Antibody blood test results expected later this month may help answer a crucial question: Is there human-to-human ...
Why fears of human-to-human bird flu spread in Missouri are overblown
Hospital workers reported respiratory symptoms after encountering a Missouri patient with H5N1 who had not been exposed to ...
Bird flu patient had no apparent contact with animals – and there’s still no evidence of sustained human-to-human spread
There are four types of influenza virus: A, B, C and D. Influenza A is known to infect humans and other animals, including ...
Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam
More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said.
The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine
As more farm workers get sick with avian influenza, the US federal government is putting $72 million toward strengthening its ...
Hungary and Italy report outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, WOAH says
Hungary and Italy have both reported an outbreak of the severe H5N1 avian influenza virus in the first such cases in the ...
What’s next for avian flu? Genetic tests of California farmworkers could reveal viral evolution
Federal scientists are closely studying H5N1 genetic sequences from California dairy workers in search of any dangerous ...